Historical Birthday
22 Mar 1366
Thomas de Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk English politician (d. 1399)
22 Mar 1459
Maximilian I of Habsburg German Emperorarchduke of Austria
22 Mar 1503
Antonio Francesco Grazzini Italian writer (d. 1583)
22 Mar 1599
Anthony Van Dyck Flemish painter (Charles I of England) born in Antwerp Spanish Netherlands (d. 1641)
22 Mar 1609
John II Casimir Vasa [Jan Kazimierz] King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1648-68) born in Krakw Poland (d. 1672)
22 Mar 1663
August Hermann Francke German Protestant minister (d. 1727)
22 Mar 1720
Nicolas-Henri Jardin French architect (d. 1799)
22 Mar 1728
Anton Raphael Mengs German Bohemian painter and one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting born in st nad Labem Bohemia (d. 1779)
22 Mar 1759
Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818)
22 Mar 1771
Heinrich D Zschokke Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf)
22 Mar 1799
F W A Argelander Memel E Prussia cataloguer of 324188 stars
22 Mar 1812
Stephen Pearl Andrews American abolitionist (d. 1886)
22 Mar 1813
Gabriel Ren Paul American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1886)
22 Mar 1814
Thomas Crawford US sculptor (Babes in the Wood)
22 Mar 1817
Braxton Bragg Gen (Confederate Army) (d. 1876)
22 Mar 1818
John Ainsworth Horrocks English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846)
22 Mar 1819
William Wirt Adams Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1888)
22 Mar 1822
Ahmed Djevdet Pasha Turkish minister of EducationJustice
22 Mar 1822
Isaac D Fransen van de Putte Dutch premier (1866)
22 Mar 1878
Michel Thato Luxembourgian athlete (d. 1919)
22 Mar 1880
Ernie Quigley Canadian-American sports official (d. 1960)
22 Mar 1822
Seth Williams American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Augusta Maine (d. 1866)
22 Mar 1824
William Henry Chase Whiting American Major General (Confederate Army) born in Biloxi Mississippi (d. 1865)
22 Mar 1834
Francis Asbury Shoup Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1896)
22 Mar 1842
Mykola Lysenko Ukranian composer conductor and ethnomusicologist born in Hrynky Russian Empire (d. 1912)
22 Mar 1846
Randolph Caldecott England illustrator (Caldecott Medal namesake)
22 Mar 1852
Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus] German classicalwriter
22 Mar 1857
Paul Doumer gov-genl of Indo-China13th President of France (1931-32)
22 Mar 1866
Jack Boyle American baseball player (d. 1913)
22 Mar 1867
Meijer Linnewiel [Prof Kokadorus] Amsterdams pitchman
22 Mar 1868
Hamish MacCunn Scottish composer (The Land of the Mountain and the Flood) born in Greenock Scotland (d. 1916)
22 Mar 1868
Henry W Methorst lawyerdirector (Dutch Cent Bureau of Statistics)
22 Mar 1885
Aryeh Levin [Reb Aryeh] Orthodox Jewish rabbi (d. 1969)
22 Mar 1887
Chico Marx [Leonard Marx] American comedian (Marx Brothers) born in NYC New York (d. 1961)
22 Mar 1894
Surya Sen Master Da Indian activist for independence (Chittagong armoury raid) born in Chittagong British India (d. 1934)
22 Mar 1896
Joseph Schildkraut Austrian actor (Cleopatra Joseph Schildkraut Presents Diary of Anne Frank) born in Vienna Austria (d. 1964)
22 Mar 1902
Ellin Berlin [MacKay] Mrs Irving Berlin writer (Lace Curtain)
22 Mar 1903
James S Russell US pilotadmiral (WW II Pacific Ocean)
22 Mar 1905
Ruth Page US choreographerballet leader (Diaghilev Pygmalion)
22 Mar 1907
James Gavin US 82nd Airborne Division General (SicilyNormandy) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1990)
22 Mar 1908
Maurice Stans American politician Secretary of Commerce and Watergate figure born in Shakopee Minnesota (d. 1998)
22 Mar 1908
Albrecht Goes German writer and theologian born in Langenbeutingen (d. 2000)
22 Mar 1908
Louis D LAmour author (Hondo Jubal Sackett) born in Jamestown North Dakota
22 Mar 1908
Maurice H Stans Shakope Minn Secretary of Commerce (1969-72)
22 Mar 1908
Jack Crawford Australian tennis player (6 Grand Slam singles titles) born in Urangeline NSW (d. 1991)
22 Mar 1909
Gabrielle Roy French-Canadian novelist (Tin Flute)
22 Mar 1909
Jack Popplewell British composer and playwright (If I Should Fall In Love Again) born in Leeds England (d. 1996)
22 Mar 1910
Nicholas Monsarrat English novelist (The Cruel Sea) born in Liverpool England (d. 1979)
22 Mar 1912
Lord Alport [Cuthbert Alport] politician cabinet minister and life peer
22 Mar 1912
Wilfrid Brambell Irish actor (Hard Days Night Steptoe and Son) born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1985)
22 Mar 1912
Karl Malden [Mladen George Sekulovich] American actor (Streets of San Francisco American Express A Streetcar Named Desire) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2009)
22 Mar 1913
James Westerfield American actor (Jungle Heat Lucky Johnny) born in Nashville Tennessee (d. 1971)
22 Mar 1913
Lew Wasserman American film studio executive (d. 2002)
22 Mar 1914
Cec Burke cricketer (NZ leg-spinner v Australia 1946 1 & 3 2-30)
22 Mar 1914
Lord Stokes [Donald Stokes] Plymouth Devon English industrialist
22 Mar 1915
George Cresswell cricketer (3 Tests for NZ aged 35)
22 Mar 1915
Georgiy Zhzhonov Russian actor and writer (The Secret Agents Blunder) born in Petrograd Russian Empire (d. 2005)
22 Mar 1916
George Wyle American orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show Flip Wilson Show) born in NYC New York
22 Mar 1917
Josephine van Gasteren Dutch actress and director (Bluejackets De kleine zielen) born in The Hague Zuid-Holland Netherlands (d. 1989)
22 Mar 1917
Charles Pick British publisher (William Heinemann) (d. 2000)
22 Mar 1917
Virginia Grey LA actress (Another Thin Man Idiots Delight Idaho)
22 Mar 1918
Cheddi B Jagan dentistfounder PPPGuyanese Premier (1953 1957-64)
22 Mar 1920
Werner Klemperer German-American actor (Judgment at Nuremberg Hogans Heroes) born in Cologne Germany (d. 2000)
22 Mar 1920
Ross Martin [Martin Rosenblatt] Polish-American actor (Mr Lucky The Wild Wild West) born in Grdek Lwowskie Poland (d. 1981)
22 Mar 1920
James Brown American actor (Objective Burma Rin Tin Tin) born in Desdemona Texas (d. 1992)
22 Mar 1921
Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer Netherland foreign minister (KVP)
22 Mar 1921
Saturnino Nino Manfredi Italian actor (Between Miracles) born in Castro dei Volsci Italy (d. 2004)
22 Mar 1922
Stewart Stern screenwriter (Rebel Without A Cause)
22 Mar 1923
Cor N van Dis Jr Dutch politician (SGP 1971-94)
22 Mar 1923
Marcel Marceau Strasbourg France mime (Barbarella Silent Movie)
22 Mar 1924
Bill Wendell American TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman) born in NYC New York
22 Mar 1924
Paul Fussell Pasadena California historian (The Great War and Modern Memory) (d. 2012)
22 Mar 1925
Gerard Hoffnung British artisthumoristmusician born in Berlin Germany (d. 1959)
22 Mar 1925
Colin Spedding CEO (Council of Science & Technology Institutes)
22 Mar 1926
Lawrence Jackson Provost Emeritus (Blackburn)
22 Mar 1927
George Thoms cricketer (1 Test Aust against WI 1952 scored 16 & 28)
22 Mar 1927
Marty Blake NBA executive (GM Atlanta Hawks NBA Director of Scouting) born in Wyoming PA (d. 2013)
22 Mar 1928
Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov soldierhistorian
22 Mar 1928
Ed Macauley American Basketball Hall of Fame center (7-time NBA All Star) born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 2011)
22 Mar 1928
Carrie Donovan American fashion editor (d. 2001)
22 Mar 1930
Pat Robertson televangelist (700 club Presidential candidate-R-1989)
22 Mar 1930
Stephen Sondheim American lyricist (West Side Story Company) born in NYC New York
22 Mar 1931
Leslie Thomas Welsh writer (The Virgin Soldiers) born in Newport (d. 2014)
22 Mar 1933
J. P. McCarthy American radio personality (WJR Detroit) born in New York City New York (d. 1995)
22 Mar 1933
Chris Duckworth South African cricketer (South African batsman v England 1956-57)
22 Mar 1934
Leslie Turnberg president (Royal College of Physicians)
22 Mar 1934
Orrin Hatch politician (Sen-R-UT 1977- ) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
22 Mar 1934
Sheila Cameron QC Vicar-General (Province of Canterbury)
22 Mar 1934
May Britt Swedish actress (Young Lions)wife of Sammy Davis Jr
22 Mar 1935
M[ichael] Emmet Walsh Ogdensburg NY actor (Wildcats War Party)
22 Mar 1936
Roger Whittaker country singer (Durham Town) born in Nairobi Kenya
22 Mar 1936
Ron Carey American labor leader (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) born in NYC New York (d. 2008)
22 Mar 1937
Jon Hassell American composer and trumpet player born in Memphis Tennessee
22 Mar 1937
Angelo Badalamenti American film composer (Twin Peaks The Straight Story Blue Velvet Mulholland Drive) born in Brooklyn New York
22 Mar 1937
Armin Hary German athlete (2 Olympic gold 100m 4x100m relay 1960) born in Quierschied Germany
22 Mar 1940
William Ritchie vice-chancellor (Lancaster U)
22 Mar 1940
Haing S Ngor Cambodian-American obstetrician author refugee and actor (The Killing Fields) born in Samrong Yong Cambodia (d. 1996)
22 Mar 1941
Bruno Ganz actor (Strapless Wings of Desire) born in Zurich Switzerland
22 Mar 1941
Jeremy Clyde English musician (Chad & Jeremy) and actor (The Iron Lady) born in Dorney Buckinghamshire
22 Mar 1942
Dick Pound Canadian chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency
22 Mar 1943
George Benson American jazzblues singerguitarist (Greatest Love of All) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
22 Mar 1943
Keith Relf British musician and vocalist (the Yardbirds-For Your Love Renaissance) born in Richmond England (d. 1976)
22 Mar 1944
R P Mardling headmaster (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Wakefield)
22 Mar 1944
Chris Stainton English session musician (Joe Cocker The Who) born in Woodseats England
22 Mar 1945
Alan Opie baritone (Boughton Bethlehem Britten 5 Canticles)
22 Mar 1945
Chuck Jackson American singer (Playboy Independents) born in Greenville South Carolina
22 Mar 1946
Don Chaney NBA player (Houston Rockets)coach (Detroit Pistons)
22 Mar 1946
Laraine Ashton fashion models agent (London)
22 Mar 1946
RudyRudolf [von Bittner] Rucker American sci-fi author (Wetware)
22 Mar 1946
Serge [Ruud Schaap] Dutch singerguitarist (Saskia & Serge)
22 Mar 1947
Harry Vanda [Vandenberg] Hague Neth rock guitarist (Easybeats)
22 Mar 1947
Patrick Olive percussionist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
22 Mar 1947
Priscilla Yates director (Royal Academy of Dancing)
22 Mar 1948
Randy Hobbs American rock musician (Johnny Winter Band McCoys) born in Winchester Indiana (d. 1993)
22 Mar 1949
Fanny Ardant Monte Carlo actress (Australia Confidentially Yours)
22 Mar 1950
Jocky Wilson Scottish darts player (world champion 1982 1989) (d. 2012)
22 Mar 1951
Howard Reitzes Southgate Ca rocker (Iron Butterfly)
22 Mar 1951
Musa Khiramanovich Manarov USSR cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-4 TM-11)
22 Mar 1952
Bob Costas sportscastertalk show host (Later) born in Queens New York
22 Mar 1956
Lena Olin actress (Enemies A Love Story) born in Stockholm Sweden
22 Mar 1956
Lyndsay Stephen Donnybrook WA Australian golfer
22 Mar 1958
Joyce Lester Australian softball catcher (Olympic bronze 1996)
22 Mar 1958
Pete Wylie rocker (Sinful) born in Liverpool England
22 Mar 1959
Matthew Modine Loma Linda Cal actor (Full Metal Jacket)
22 Mar 1959
Carlton Cuse Mexican-born American TV writer and executive
22 Mar 1959
Avraham Fried [Friedman] Orthodox Jewish Musician born in Brooklyn New York
22 Mar 1962
Diane Pavich Australian golfer (1993 T50 Alpine Aust Ladies) born in Melbourne Victoria
22 Mar 1962
Tim Elliott Australian golfer born in Perth Australia
22 Mar 1962
Steve Dillon English comic book artist (Preacher) born in London (d. 2016)
22 Mar 1963
Hannu Virta Turku FIN hockey defenseman (Team Finland)
22 Mar 1728
Giacomo Insanguine Italian organist and composer born in Monopoli (d. 1795)
22 Mar 1752
Johann Georg Joseph Spangler Austrian composer born in Vienna (d. 1802)
22 Mar 1908
Louis D LAmour American best-selling author (Hondo Jubal Sackett) born in Jamestown North Dakota (d. 1988)
22 Mar 1926
Billy Goodman American baseball infielder (MLB All-Star 1949 53 AL batting champion 1950) born in Concord North Carolina (d. 1984)
22 Mar 1928
Betty Callaway figure skating trainer (coached Torvill and Dean) born in Reading England (d. 2011)
22 Mar 1928
Bill Archer American politician (Rep-R-TX 1971-2001) born in Houston Texas
22 Mar 1928
E.D. Hirsch. American social commentator born in Memphis Tennessee
22 Mar 1930
Lynden O Pindling Prime Minister of Bahamas (1967-92)
22 Mar 1931
Billy Vessels American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1952 University of Oklahoma) born in Cleveland Oklahoma (d. 2001)
22 Mar 1933
J. P. McCarthy American radio personality (WJR Detroit) born in NYC New York (d. 1995)
22 Mar 1943
Joseph Schwantner American composer (Aftertones of Infinity) born in Chicago Illinois
22 Mar 1950
Jocky Wilson Scottish darts player (BDO World Champion 1982 89) born in Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland (d. 2012)
22 Mar 1963
Rich Monteleone pitcher (California Angels) born in Tampa Florida
22 Mar 1963
Suzanne Sulley Sheffield S Yorks rocker (Human Leauge-Human)
22 Mar 1965
Emma Wray English actress born in Birkenhead England
22 Mar 1966
Brian Shaw NBA guard (Orlando Magic SF Warriors)
22 Mar 1966
Sean Berry infielder (Houston Astros) born in Santa Monica California
22 Mar 1966
Todd Ewen Saskatoon NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
22 Mar 1700
Giuseppe Sellitto Italian opera composer born in Naples (d. 1777)
22 Mar 1712
Edward Moore English dramatist (The Gamester) (d. 1757)
22 Mar 1720
Nicolas-Henri Jardin French architect who introduced Neoclassical architecture to Denmark (d. 1799)
22 Mar 1771
Heinrich D. Zschokke German Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf) born in Magdeburg Prussia (d. 1848)
22 Mar 1799
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander German astronomer cataloguer of 324188 stars born in Memel Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1875)
22 Mar 1803
Anthonie Waldrop Dutch painter and lithographer
22 Mar 1817
Braxton Bragg American General (Confederate Army) born in Warrenton North Carolina (d. 1876)
22 Mar 1822
Ahmed Djevdet Pasha Turkish minister of Education and Justice
22 Mar 1822
Isaac D. Fransen van de Putte Dutch premier (1866)
22 Mar 1842
Carl Rosa German violinist composer born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1889)
22 Mar 1842
Mykola Lysenko Ukrainian composer conductor and ethnomusicologist born in Hrynky Russian Empire (d. 1912)
22 Mar 1846
Randolph Caldecott English illustrator (Caldecott Medal namesake) born in Chester England (d. 1886)
22 Mar 1852
Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus] German classicalwriter
22 Mar 1867
Meijer Linnewiel [Prof Kokadorus] Amsterdams pitchman
22 Mar 1874
Ellen Glasgow American novelist (Nobel Prize for Literature 1942) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1945)
22 Mar 1878
Michel Thato Luxembourgian athlete (Olympic gold representing France marathon 1900) born in Luxembourg City Luxembourg (d. 1923)
22 Mar 1887
Chico Marx [Leonard Marx] American comedian (Marx Brothers) born in NYC New York (d. 1961)
22 Mar 1896
He Long Chinese Communist revolutionary marshal of the Peoples Liberation Army born in Sangzhi Hunan China (d. 1969)
22 Mar 1899
Ruth Page US ballet dancer and choreographer (Diaghilev Pygmalion) born in Indianapolis Indiana (d. 1991)
22 Mar 1901
Greta Kempton Austrian born American artist (White House artist under Truman) born in Vienna Austria-Hungary (d. 1991)
22 Mar 1902
Ellin Berlin [MacKay] Mrs Irving Berlin writer (Lace Curtain)
22 Mar 1903
James Sargent Russell US pilot and admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean) born in Tacoma Washington (d. 1996)
22 Mar 1903
Jochen Klepper German writer born in Beuthen Silesia (d. 1942)
22 Mar 1905
Carlo Alberto Pizzini Italian composer born in Rome Italy (d. 1981)
22 Mar 1905
Grigorij Kosinzev Russian director of film and theater born in Kiev Russian Empire (d. 1973)
22 Mar 1905
Phyllis McGinley American childrens author and poet (Pulitzer Prize 1961) born in Ontario Oregon (d. 1978)
22 Mar 1907
Lcia Santos Portuguese nun who claimed to have witnessed the Marian apparitions at Fatima as a child (d. 2005) or born 28 March
22 Mar 1908
Maurice Stans American Secretary of Commerce (1969-72) and Watergate figure born in Shakopee Minnesota (d. 1998)
22 Mar 1909
Gabrielle Roy French Canadian novelist (Tin Flute) born in St. Boniface Manitoba (d. 1973)
22 Mar 1912
Henri Rousselot French admiral (submarine commander during WWII) born in Lorraine France (d. 1994)
22 Mar 1912
Agnes Martin Canadian-American abstract painter born in Macklin Saskatchewan (d. 2004)
22 Mar 1913
Tom McCall American politician Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
22 Mar 1914
Lord Stokes [Donald Stokes] English industrialist (British Leyland) born in Plymouth England (d. 2008)
22 Mar 1914
Masao Maruyama Japanese social scientist born in Osaka Japan (d. 1996)
22 Mar 1915
Forest Bud Sagendorf American cartoonist (Popeye) born in Wenatchee Washington (d. 1994)
22 Mar 1915
George Cresswell New Zealand cricketer (3 Tests for NZ aged 35)
22 Mar 1917
Virginia Grey American actress (Another Thin Man Idiots Delight Idaho) born in Edendale California (d. 2004)
22 Mar 1918
Cheddi Jagan Guyanese politician Guyanese Premier (1953 1957-64) Father of the Nation born in Port Mourant Guiana (d. 1997)
22 Mar 1918
Tauno Pylkkanen Finnish opera composer born in Helsinki Finland(d. 1980)
22 Mar 1920
Fanny Waterman English concert pianist & teacher (Leeds International Piano Competition) born in Leeds England (d. 2020)
22 Mar 1921
Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer Dutch foreign minister (KVP) born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 2008)
22 Mar 1922
Stewart Stern American screenwriter (Rebel Without A Cause) born in New York City (d. 2015)
22 Mar 1923
Bryan Clieve Roberts English lawyer and colonial administrator (instrumental in Malawi transition to independence) born in Southsea England (d. 1996)
22 Mar 1923
Marcel Marceau French mime artist and actor (Barbarella Silent Movie) born in Strasbourg France (d. 2007)
22 Mar 1924
Al Neuharth American newspaper founder (USA Today)
22 Mar 1924
Paul Fussell American historian (The Great War and Modern Memory) born in Pasadena California (d. 2012)
22 Mar 1925
Gerard Hoffnung British artist humorist and musician born in Berlin Germany (d. 1959)
22 Mar 1925
Colin Spedding British biologist and animal welfare advocate (d. 2012)
22 Mar 1926
Julius Marmur American biochemist and geneticist (DNA research) born in Bialystok Poland (d. 1996)
22 Mar 1928
Betty Callaway figure skating trainer (coached Torvill and Dean) born in Reading England (d. 2011)
22 Mar 1928
Dmitri Volkogonov Russian historian (biographies of Stalin and Lenin) and colonel general born in Chita USSR (d. 1995)
22 Mar 1930
Lynden Pindling Bahamas Father of the Nation Prime Minister of Bahamas (1967-92) born in Nassau Bahamas (d. 2000)
22 Mar 1930
Pat Robertson American televangelist and media mogul (700 club Presidential candidate-R-1989) born in Lexington Virginia
22 Mar 1930
Derek Bok American lawyer and educator (President of Harvard University) born in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania
22 Mar 1931
Igor Hajek Czech translator and writer born in Ostrava Czechoslovakia (d. 1995)
22 Mar 1932
Larry Evans American chess grandmaster author and journalist (5 x US Chess Cship 20 books) born in NYC New York (d. 2010)
22 Mar 1932
Richard Thomas British admiral (Royal Navy) and NATO representative born in Rhyl Wales (d. 1998)
22 Mar 1933
Buddy MacKay American politician (Rep-D-FL 1983-89) Governor of Florida for 24 days born in Ocala Florida
22 Mar 1933
Abolhassan Banisadr Iranian politician President of Iran (1980-81) born in Hamadan Iran
22 Mar 1933
Michel Hidalgo French soccer midfielder (1 cap Monaco) and manager (France 1976-84 UEFA Euro 1984) born in Leffrinckoucke France (d. 2020)
22 Mar 1934
Leslie Turnberg British medical researcher and academic President of the Royal College of Physicians
22 Mar 1934
Orrin Hatch American politician (Sen-R-UT 1977-2019) longest-serving Republican US Senator born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
22 Mar 1934
May Britt Swedish actress (Young Lions)wife of Sammy Davis Jr born in Liding Sweden
22 Mar 1935
M[ichael] Emmet Walsh American actor (Wildcats War Party) born in Ogdensburg New York
22 Mar 1936
Roger Whittaker Kenyan British country singer (Durham Town) born in Nairobi Kenya
22 Mar 1940
Haing S. Ngor Cambodian-American obstetrician author refugee and actor (The Killing Fields) born in Samrong Yong Cambodia (d. 1996)
22 Mar 1941
Bruno Ganz Swiss actor (Strapless Wings of Desire) born in Zurich Switzerland
22 Mar 1941
Billy Collins American poet (Poet Laureate of the United States 2001-2003) born in New York City
22 Mar 1942
Jorge Ben Brazilian musician and composer born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
22 Mar 1942
Bernd Herzsprung German actor (Freunde frs Leben) born in Hamburg Germany
22 Mar 1943
George Benson American jazz and blues singer and guitarist (Greatest Love of All) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
22 Mar 1944
Tony McPhee English rocker (The Groundhogs) born in Humberston England
22 Mar 1945
Alan Opie English baritone (Boughton Bethlehem Britten 5 Canticles) born in Redruth England
22 Mar 1946
Rudy Rucker American sci-fi author (Wetware) and one of the founders of cyberpunk born in Louisville Kentucky
22 Mar 1946
Serge [Ruud Schaap] Dutch singer and guitarist (Saskia & Serge)
22 Mar 1946
Jos Luiz Carbone Brazilian soccer midfielder (6 caps So Paulo Internacional Botafogo) and coach (Fluminense Guarani) born in So Paulo Brazil (d. 2020)
22 Mar 1947
Harry Vanda [Vandenberg] Dutch rock guitarist (Easybeats) born in The Hague Netherlands
22 Mar 1947
Patrick Olive Grenadian percussionist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) born in Grenada
22 Mar 1948
Wolf Blitzer American television journalist (CNN) born in Augsburg Germany
22 Mar 1949
Brian Hanrahan British TV newsman (BBC) born in Middlesex England (d. 2010)
22 Mar 1949
Fanny Ardant French actress (The Woman Next Door) born in Saumur France
22 Mar 1951
Howard Reitzes American rocker (Iron Butterfly). born in Southgate California
22 Mar 1951
Musa Manarov Soviet cosmonaut who spent 541 days in space (Soyuz TM-4 TM-11) born in Baku Azerbaijan USSR
22 Mar 1952
Bob Costas American sportscaster and talk show host (Later) born in Queens New York
22 Mar 1952
Jay Dee Daugherty American drummer worked with Patti Smith born in New York City
22 Mar 1953
Thomas H Andrews American politician (Rep-D-Maine 1991-95) born in Brockton Massachusetts
22 Mar 1955
Valdis Zatlers Latvian politician 7th President of Latvia born in Riga Latvian SSR USSR
22 Mar 1955
Pete Sessions American politician (REP-R-Texas 1997-209 2021-) born in Waco Texas
22 Mar 1955
[Waliou] Wally Badarou French musician (Level 42) born in Paris France
22 Mar 1956
Lena Olin Swedish actress (Enemies A Love Story) born in Stockholm Sweden
22 Mar 1956
Generosa Ammon American widow of murdered multimillionaire Ted Ammon suspect in his death born in Laguna Beach California (d. 2003)
22 Mar 1957
Stephanie Mills American singer-songwriter and actress (The Wiz) born in Brooklyn New York
22 Mar 1958
Pete Wylie English rocker (Sinful) born in Liverpool England
22 Mar 1959
Matthew Modine American actor (Full Metal Jacket) born in Loma Linda California
22 Mar 1962
Juan Aguilera Spanish tennis player born in Barcelona Spain
22 Mar 1963
Suzanne Sulley English rocker (The Human League-Human) born in Sheffield England
22 Mar 1963
Tony Elumelu Nigerian economist and philanthropist (United Bank for Africa The Tony Elumelu Foundation) born in Jos Nigeria
22 Mar 1966
Brian Shaw American NBA guard and coach (Orlando Magic SF Warriors) born in Oakland California
22 Mar 1966
Sean Berry American infielder (Houston Astros) born in Santa Monica California
22 Mar 1966
Todd Ewen Canadian NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks) born in Saskatoon Saskatchewan
22 Mar 1966
Artis Pabriks Latvian politician born in Jrmala Lavtian SSR USSR
22 Mar 1966
Martha McSally American politician (Senator Arizona (R) 2019-) first female American pilot to fly in combat born in Warwick Rhode Island
22 Mar 1967
Mario Cipollini Italian professional road cyclist born in Luca Italy
22 Mar 1968
Ramn Martnez pitcher (LA Dodgers) born in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
22 Mar 1968
Euronymous Norwegian black metal musician (d. 1993)
22 Mar 1969
Darrell Russell American defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders) born in Pensacola Florida (d. 2005)
22 Mar 1969
Russell Maryland American NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys Oak Raiders) born in Chicago Illinois
22 Mar 1970
Jason Rouser American 200m400m runner born in Tucson Arizona
22 Mar 1970
Travis Richards American hockey defenseman (Olympics 1994) born in Crystal Minnesota
22 Mar 1799
Joseph Saxton American inventor watchmaker and photographer (1st daguerrotype in US) born in Huntington Pennsylvania (d. 1873)
22 Mar 1842
Carl Rosa German violinist and composer born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1889)
22 Mar 1842
Mykola Lysenko Ukrainian composer (Taras Bulba) conductor and ethno-musicologist born in Hrynky Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1912)
22 Mar 1868
Hamish MacCunn Scottish composer (The Land of the Mountain and the Flood) and teacher born in Greenock Scotland (d. 1916)
22 Mar 1885
Adriano Lualdi Italian composer and conductor (d. 1971)
22 Mar 1885
Jkabs Medi Latvian composer born in Riga Russian Empire (now Latvia) (d. 1971)
22 Mar 1902
Ellin Berlin (ne MacKay) American heiress writer (Lace Curtain) and second wife of songwriter Irving Berlin born in Roslyn New York (d. 1988)
22 Mar 1907
Hugh Mitchell American politician (Senator-D-Washington 1944-46 Rep-D-Washington 1949-63) born in Great Falls Montana (d. 1996)
22 Mar 1909
Gabrielle Roy French Canadian author (The Tin Flute Street of Riches) born in St. Boniface Manitoba (d. 1973)
22 Mar 1916
George Wyle [Bernard Weissman] American composer (The Ballad of Gilligans Island Its the Most Wonderful Time of the Year) and orchestra leader (Flip Wilson Show) born in New York City (d. 2003)
22 Mar 1920
Fanny Waterman English concert pianist and teacher (founder of Leeds International Piano Competition) born in Leeds England (d. 2020)
22 Mar 1924
Bill Wendell American TV announcer (To Tell The Truth 1972-77 Late Night With David Letterman Late Show With David Letterman 1993-95) born in NYC New York
22 Mar 1925
Gerard Hoffnung German-British artist humorist and tuba player (Hoffnung Music Festival) born in Berlin Germany (d. 1959)
22 Mar 1932
Leo Bud Welch American gospel and Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (You Cant Hurry God Cadillac Baby) born in Sabougla Mississippi (d. 2017)
22 Mar 1934
May Britt Swedish actress (Young Lions) and wife of Sammy Davis Jr born in Liding Sweden
22 Mar 1935
Bertil Johansson Swedish soccer striker (5 caps IFK Gteborg 267 games) and manager (IFK Gteborg) born in Gothenburg Sweden (d. 2021)
22 Mar 1935
Danny Ray American MC stage manager valet and cape man for soul singer James Brown born in Birmingham Alabama (d. 2021)
22 Mar 1936
Roger Whittaker Kenyan British country singer (The Last Farewell Durham Town) born in Nairobi Kenya
22 Mar 1937
Jon Hassell American composer and trumpet player (Dream Theory In Malaya) born in Memphis Tennessee
22 Mar 1937
Angelo Badalamenti American film composer (Twin Peaks The Straight Story Blue Velvet Mulholland Drive) born in Brooklyn New York
22 Mar 1941
Jeremy Clyde English pop singer and guitarist (Chad & Jeremy - A Summer Song) and actor (The Iron Lady) born in Dorney Buckinghamshire
22 Mar 1943
George Benson American jazz and blues singer and guitarist (Breezin) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
22 Mar 1943
Keith Relf British blues-rock singer and harmonica player (The Yardbirds - For Your Love Renaissance 1969-71) born in Richmond England (d. 1976)
22 Mar 1944
Chris Stainton English session and touring bass and keyboard player (Joe Cocker The Who) born in Woodseats England
22 Mar 1945
Alan Opie British Grammy Award-winning baritone (Boughton - Bethlehem Brittens Peter Grimes Balstrode) born in Redruth Cornwall England
22 Mar 1945
Chuck Jackson American R&B singer (The Independents - Leaving Me) songwriter and record producer (Natalie Cole Phyllis Hyman) born in Greenville South Carolina
22 Mar 1946
Serge [Ruud Schaap] Dutch singer and guitarist (Saskia & Serge) born in Den Helder Netherlands
22 Mar 1947
Harry Vanda [Vandenberg] Dutch-Australian rock guitarist songwriter and producer (Easybeats - Friday On My Mind) born in Voorburg Netherlands
22 Mar 1947
Patrick Olive Grenadian percussionist (Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing) born in Grenada
22 Mar 1947
Marek Bliziski Polish jazz guitarist and composer born in Warsaw Poland (d. 1989)
22 Mar 1953
Robin Le Mesurier [Halliley] British session and touring guitarist (The Wombles Rod Stewart Johnny Hallyday) born in Kensington England (d. 2021)
22 Mar 1954
Ross Browner American College Football HOF defensive end (Notre Dame Maxwell Award 1977 Cincinnati Bengals) born in Warren Ohio (d. 2022)
22 Mar 1958
Fatih Birol Turkish economist and energy expert (International Energy Agency) born in Ankara Turkey
22 Mar 1963
Suzanne Sulley English rocker (The Human League - Dont You Want Me) born in Sheffield England
22 Mar 1459
Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor (1508-19 established Hapsburg dynasty in Spain) born in Wiener Neustadt Austria (d. 1519)
22 Mar 1720
Nicolas-Henri Jardin French architect who introduced Neoclassical architecture to Denmark born in St. Germain des Noyers (d. 1799)
22 Mar 1767
Cornelis T. Elout Dutch minister of Finance (d. 1841)
22 Mar 1814
Thomas Crawford American sculptor (Babes in the Wood Statue of Freedom on dome of US Capitol) born in New York City (d. 1857)
22 Mar 1822
Ahmed Cevdet Paa Turkish statesman and historian (Minister of Justice) born in Lova Ottoman Empire (d. 1895)
22 Mar 1822
Isaac Dignus Fransen van de Putte Dutch politician (Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1866) born in Goes Netherlands (d. 1902)
22 Mar 1842
Carl Rosa German-born violinist and composer (founder of the Rosa opera company that toured UK and US) born in Hamburg (d. 1889)
22 Mar 1857
Arnold Sauwen Belgium poet (Along the Meuse) born in Stokkem Belgium (d. 1938)
22 Mar 1857
Paul Doumer French politician (Governor-General of French Indochina 1897-1902 13th President of France 1931-32) born in Aurillac France (d. 1932)
22 Mar 1867
Meijer Linnewiel [Prof Cockadorus] Amsterdam famous street hawker born in Leeuwarden Netherlands (d. 1934)
22 Mar 1874
Ellen Glasgow American novelist (Pulitzer Prize for the Novel 1942) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1945)
22 Mar 1880
Ernie Quigley Canadian Basketball HOF official (St. Marys College Kansas Uni) basketball umpire (1936 Olympics) MLB umpire (6xWorld Series) & football referee born in Newcastle New Brunswick (d. 1960)
22 Mar 1899
Ruth Page American ballet dancer and choreographer (Diaghilev Pygmalion) born in Indianapolis Indiana (d. 1991)
22 Mar 1912
Karl Malden [Mladen George Sekulovich] American actor (Streets of San Francisco A Streetcar Named Desire American Express commercials) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2009)
22 Mar 1915
Fen Cresswell New Zealand cricket slow bower (3 Tests 13 wickets Wellington Central Districts) born in Wanganui New Zealand (d. 1966)
22 Mar 1916
George Wyle [Bernard Weissman] American composer (The Ballad of Gilligans Island Its the Most Wonderful Time of the Year) and orchestra leader (The Flip Wilson Show) born in New York City (d. 2003)
22 Mar 1918
Tauno Pylkkanen Finnish opera composer born in Helsinki Finland (d. 1980)
22 Mar 1920
Werner Klemperer German-American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actor (Judgment at Nuremberg Hogans Heroes - Col. Klink) born in Cologne Germany (d. 2000)
22 Mar 1926
Billy Goodman American baseball infielder (MLB All-Star 1949 53 AL batting champion 1950 Boston Red Sox) born in Concord North Carolina (d. 1984)
22 Mar 1928
Betty Callaway English figure skating coach (Torvill & Dean Regczy & Sallay) born in Reading England (d. 2011)
22 Mar 1934
Orrin Hatch American politician (US Senator from Utah (R) 1977-2019) longest-serving Utah US Senator born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
22 Mar 1937
Angelo Badalamenti American Grammy Award-winning film composer (Twin Peaks The Straight Story Blue Velvet Mulholland Drive) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2022) [1]
22 Mar 1937
Jon Hassell American composer and trumpet player (Dream Theory In Malaya) born in Memphis Tennessee (d. 2021)
22 Mar 1938
Sonny Holland American college football coach (Montana State University 1971-77 Big Sky Cship 1972 76) born in Butte Montana (d. 2022)
22 Mar 1948
Randy Hobbs American rock musician (Johnny Winter Band McCoys) born in Winchester Indiana (d. 1993)
22 Mar 1951
Howard Reitzes American rocker (Iron Butterfly) born in Southgate California
22 Mar 1953
Thomas H. Andrews American politician (Rep-D-Maine 1991-95) born in Brockton Massachusetts
22 Mar 1955
[(aliou) Wally Badarou French musician (Level 42) born in Paris France
22 Mar 1966
Martha McSally American politician (Senator Arizona (R) 2019-20) first female American pilot to fly in combat born in Warwick Rhode Island
22 Mar 1966
Sara Crowe Scottish stage and screen actress (Four Weddings and a Funeral Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners) and novelist born in Irvine Scotland
22 Mar 1968
Euronymous [ystein Aarseth] Norwegian black-metal guitaits and producer (Mayhem) born in Surnadal Norway (d. 1993)
22 Mar 1700
Giuseppe Sellitto Italian opera composer born in Naples Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1777)
22 Mar 1842
Carl Rosa German-born violinist and composer (founder of the Rosa opera company that toured UK and US) born in Hamburg German Confederation (now Germany) (d. 1889)
22 Mar 1885
Adriano Lualdi Italian composer (Il diavolo nel campanile) and conductor born in Larino Kingdom of Italy (d. 1971)
22 Mar 1887
Chico Marx [Leonard] American comedian (Marx Brothers) born in New York City (d. 1961)
22 Mar 1924
Al Neuharth American newspaper founder (USA Today) born in Eureka South Dakota (d. 2013)
22 Mar 1924
Bill Wendell American TV announcer (To Tell The Truth 1972-77 Late Night With David Letterman Late Show With David Letterman 1993-95) born in New York City (d. 1999)
22 Mar 1930
Pat Robertson American Baptist televangelist and media mogul (700 club Presidential candidate-R-1989) born in Lexington Virginia (d. 2023) [1]
22 Mar 1932
Larry Evans American chess grandmaster author and journalist (5 x US Chess Cship 20 books) born in New York City (d. 2010)
22 Mar 1933
J. P. McCarthy American radio personality (WJR Detroit) born in New York City (d. 1995)
22 Mar 1936
Roger Whittaker Kenyan-British country singer (The Last Farewell Durham Town) born in Nairobi Kenya (d. 2023) [1]
22 Mar 1936
Ron Carey American labor leader (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) born in New York City (d. 2008)
22 Mar 1944
Tony McPhee British blues-rock guitarist and singer (The Groundhogs) born in Humberston England (d. 2023)
22 Mar 1946
Melvin Sparks American soul-jazz hard bop jazz-blues and session guitarist (Lou Donaldson Houston Person Jimmy McGriff) born in Houston Texas (d. 2011)
22 Mar 1955
(Waliou) Wally Badarou French musician (Level 42) born in Paris France
22 Mar 1212
Go-Horikawa 86th Emperor of Japan (1221-32) born in Japan (d. 1234)
22 Mar 1700
Giuseppe Sellitto Italian opera composer born in Naples Kingdom of Naples (d. 1777)
22 Mar 1728
Giacomo Insanguine Italian organist and composer born in Monopoli Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1795)
22 Mar 1767
Cornelis Theodorus Elout Dutch statesman (Minister of the Navy 1825-29 Minister of Industry and the Colonies 1824-25 Minister of Finance 1821-24 Commissioner of the Dutch East Indies 1816-19) born in Haarlem Netherlands pr (d. 1841)
22 Mar 1812
Stephen Pearl Andrews American abolitionist writer and individualist anarchist born in Templeton Massachusetts (d. 1886)
22 Mar 1834
Francis Asbury Shoup American Brigadier General in the Confederate Army fought Battle of Prairie Grove born in Laurel Indiana (d. 1896)
22 Mar 1842
Carl Rosa German-born violinist and composer (founder of the Rosa opera company that toured UK and US) born in Hamburg German Confederation (d. 1889)
22 Mar 1842
Mykola Lysenko Ukrainian composer (Taras Bulba) conductor and ethnomusicologist born in Hrynky Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1912)
22 Mar 1902
Ellin Berlin (ne MacKay) American heiress writer (Lace Curtain) and second wife of songwriter Irving Berlin (muse for his songs Always and Remember) born in Roslyn New York (d. 1988)
22 Mar 1903
Jochen Klepper German writer journalist and hymnist born in Beuthen Silesia Germany (d. 1942)
22 Mar 1910
Nicholas Monsarrat British novelist (The Cruel Sea The Tribe That Lost Its Head) born in Liverpool England (d. 1979)
22 Mar 1920
Ross Martin [Martin Rosenblatt] Polish-American actor (Mr Lucky The Wild Wild West) born in Grdek Lwowskie Poland (d. 1981)
22 Mar 1928
E.D. Hirsch American educator (Core Knowledge Foundation) social commentator and writer (Cultural Literacy) born in Memphis Tennessee
22 Mar 1930
Derek Bok American lawyer and educator (President of Harvard University 1971-91 & 2006-07) born in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania
22 Mar 1933
Abolhassan Banisadr Iranian politician President of Iran (1980-81) and writer (My Turn To Speak) born in Hamadan Iran (d. 2001)
22 Mar 1935
M. Emmet Walsh American character actor (Blade Runner Wildcats Blood Simple Knives Out) born in Ogdensburg New York (d. 2024) [1]
22 Mar 1942
Jorge Ben [Menezes] Brazilian samba-rock and tropicalia musician and songwriter (Mas que Nada) born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
22 Mar 1943
George Benson American Grammy Award-winning jazz guitarist and singer (Breezin This Masquerade) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
22 Mar 1958
Pete Wylie English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sinful) born in Liverpool England
22 Mar 1959
Matthew Modine American actor (Birdy Full Metal Jacket Stranger Things) and filmmaker born in Loma Linda California
22 Mar 1963
Suzanne Sulley English pop singer (The Human League - Dont You Want Me) born in Sheffield England
22 Mar 1968
Euronymous [ystein Aarseth] Norwegian black-metal guitarist and producer (Mayhem) born in Surnadal Norway (d. 1993)
22 Mar 1968
Ramn Martnez Dominican baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1990 pitched no-hitter 1995 LA Dodgers) born in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
22 Mar 1970
Andreas Johnson Swedish pop singer-songwriter (Glorious Sing for Me) born in Bjrred Sweden
22 Mar 1970
Leontien van Moorsel Dutch cyclist (4 Olympic gold medals) born in Boekel Netherlands
22 Mar 1971
Will Yun Lee American actor born in Arlington Virginia
22 Mar 1366
Thomas de Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk English politician favourite of Richard II born in Epworth England (d. 1399)
22 Mar 1503
Antonio Francesco Grazzini Italian Renaissance writer born in Florence Republic of Florence (d. 1584)
22 Mar 1663
August Hermann Francke German Lutheran clergyman theologian and Biblical scholar born in Lbeck Germany (d. 1727)
22 Mar 1712
Edward Moore English writer and dramatist (The Gamester) born in Abingdon England (d. 1757)
22 Mar 1759
Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp Queen consort of Sweden and Norway by marriage to King Charles XIII born in Eutin Prince-bishopric of Lbeck (d. 1818)
22 Mar 1818
John Ainsworth Horrocks English-born explorer and settler of South Australia born in Preston England (d. 1846)
22 Mar 1819
William Wirt Adams American banker state legislator and Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Frankfort Kentucky (d. 1888)
22 Mar 1885
Aryeh Levin Polish Orthodox Jewish rabbi known as the Father of Prisoners born in Orla Poland (d. 1969)
22 Mar 1901
Greta Kempton Austrian-born American artist (White House artist under Truman) born in Vienna Austria-Hungary (d. 1991)
22 Mar 1913
James Westerfield American stage and screen chaarcter actor (Jungle Heat Lucky Johnny The Shaggy Dog) born in Nashville Tennessee (d. 1971)
22 Mar 1913
Tom McCall American journalist and politician (Governor of Oregon (R) 1967-75) born in Egypt Massachusetts (d. 1983)
22 Mar 1917
Charles Pick British publisher and chair of the Heinemann Group birthplace unknown (d. 2000)
22 Mar 1920
Fanny Waterman British concert pianist and teacher (founder of Leeds International Piano Competition) born in Leeds England (d. 2020)
22 Mar 1925
Colin Spedding British biologist and animal welfare advocate (The Natural History of Your Garden) birthplace unknown (d. 2012) [1]
22 Mar 1928
Bill Archer American Republican party politician (US Representative from Texas 1971-2001) born in Houston Texas
22 Mar 1928
Carrie Donovan American fashion editor (Vogue The New York Times Magazine) born in Lake Placid New York (d. 2001) [1] [2]
22 Mar 1930
Derek Bok American lawyer educator and administrator (President of Harvard University 1971-91 & 2006-07) born in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania
22 Mar 1932
Sidney Craig American businessman co-founder of weight loss company Jenny Craig Inc. born in Vancouver British Columbia (d. 2008)
22 Mar 1933
Buddy MacKay American politician (Rep-D-FL 1983-89) Governor of Florida for 24 days born in Ocala Florida (d. 2024)
22 Mar 1933
Robert L. Stirm American Air Force pilot and prisoner of war best known as the subject of the Burst of Joy photograph born in San Francisco California (d. 2025) [1]
22 Mar 1934
Leslie Turnberg British physician President of the Royal College of Physicians (1992-97) and author (Patients First How to Save the NHS) born in Manchester England [1] [2] [3]
22 Mar 1934
May Britt [Majbritt Wilkens] Swedish actress (Young Lions) and second wife of Sammy Davis Jr (1960-68) born in Liding Sweden (d. 2025) [1]
22 Mar 1935
Hisashi Shinma Japanese pro wrestling executive (WWF President 1978-84) born in Tokyo Japan (d. 2025)
22 Mar 1941
Bruno Ganz Swiss actor (Strapless Wings of Desire) born in Zurich Switzerland (d. 2019)
22 Mar 1942
Richard Pound Canadian swimmer Vice-President of the IOC (1996-2000) and first President of WADA (1999-2007) born in St. Catharines Ontario [1] [2] [3]
22 Mar 1944
Anthony Pellicano American private investigator and Hollywood fixer born in Chicago Illinois
22 Mar 1949
Brian Hanrahan British journalist and television newsman (BBC) born in Middlesex England (d. 2010)
22 Mar 1950
Lynda Blackmon Lowery American civil rights activist who marched in Selma during Bloody Sunday born in Selma Alabama (d. 2025) [1]
22 Mar 1958
Laurie David [Laurie Lennard] American environmental activist and film producer (An Inconvenient Truth Fed Up) born in Long Island New York [1] [2]
22 Mar 1960
Nicole Holofcener American screenwriter and director (You Hurt My Feelings Enough Said) born in New York City
22 Mar 1965
Emma Wray British actress (Watching Stay Lucky) born in Birkenhead England
22 Mar 1967
Clare Loveday South African contemporary classical music composer (Blink Breathe Floating Underwater) born in Johannesburg South Africa
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